Pleasanton's mayor and two council seats have clear early leaders.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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These are early, unofficial returns from NBC Bay Area's Alameda County results page. Totals were cross-checked against ABC7's results page, which matched or ran slightly ahead in its later updates.
Pleasanton Mayor
Jack Balch: 69.34% (11,213)
Julie Testa: 30.66% (4,958)
Pleasanton City Council, District 1
Kathy Narum: 60.89% (1,815)
Vin Kruttiventi: 39.11% (1,166)
Pleasanton City Council, District 3
Jamie Yee: 62.63% (2,573)
Reena Gupta: 37.37% (1,535)
ABC7 marks Balch as the incumbent.
All results are unofficial election-night and early-morning counts as of Wednesday, Nov. 4. Counties keep counting mail and provisional ballots for days, and certification comes later, so margins can shift, especially in close contests.
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Balch wants a second two-year term; Testa, termed out of the council, says the city needs independent leadership. They split on downtown vacancies, the 2024 sales tax and East Pleasanton housing.
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